I'll try keep it brief. So partner has 2 children from previous relationship. His daughter is 16 and doesn't visit or speak to him. His son is 7 and has a good relationship with his dad. Was recently at a school play and the daughter and mum walked past my partner and i. I tried to make eye contact with the daughter to say hi but it was quite obvious she didn't want to look at her dad or me. My partner has now said I should have said hello to her even though she made it quite clear she didn't want to speak to us. If the daughter would have been on her own I'd have felt more comfortable to say hello and risk being ignored but I didn't want to cause a scene or make the daughter feel uncomfortable in front of her mum. I feel I'm dammed if I do and dammed if I don't.
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needahugbug · 10/10/2016 20:05
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